title: Gastroenterology's editors-in-chief: historical and personal perspectives of their editorships.
abstract: Fourteen editors-in-chiefs have steered Gastroenterologyto success since its inception in 1943. Five (Alvarez, Ivy, Aaron, Grossman, and Donaldson) are no longer with us. Their personalities and editorships, along with those of Marvin Sleisenger, are presented by their admirers. Fordtran, Ockner, Goyal, LaRusso, Podolsky, Brenner, Rustgi, and Omary describe their own backgrounds, experiences, and personal reflections on serving as editor-in-chief of Gastroenterology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
authors.forename: John S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Fordtran
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, VA Boston Healthcare System, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: raj_goyal@hms.harvard.edu.
authors.forename: Raj K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Goyal
authors.affiliation: Departments of Internal Medicine, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Feldman
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California.
authors.forename: Andrew H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Soll
authors.affiliation: Gastroenterology Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Jerry S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Trier
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine and Liver Center, University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco, California.
authors.forename: Robert K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Ockner
authors.affiliation: Center for Basic Research in Digestive Diseases, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Medical School, Clinic, and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota.
authors.forename: Nicholas F
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: LaRusso
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
authors.forename: Daniel K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Podolsky
authors.affiliation: University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, California.
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Brenner
authors.affiliation: Departments of Medicine (Gastrointestinal Division) and Genetics, and Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Anil K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Rustgi
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
authors.forename: M Bishr
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Omary
mesh_terms: D005762:Gastroenterology; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000266:history*